Thick 8vo., full dark red turkey morocco with an all-over design. Slight repairs to the corners and lower joints. A.e.g.; on the fore-edge there is a painted heart and a now indistinct owner's name and the date 1674. The binding was once thought to be by Samuel Mearne, but it appears to be closer to the work of the Queen's Binder A. It is preserved in a fleece-lined, full oasis niger clamshell case with gilt titling.The Bible is printed in two columns as are the Psalms, both works being entirely ruled in red, including the 230 engraved plates, which originate in two separate sets of Biblical illustrations. The first E2 has a tear resulting in a slight loss, and two of the engraved plates have minor tears in their outer margins. The engravings are of two different styles, one and two-to -he-page, and the explanatory text appears in up to four languages: Latin, Greek, Hebrew and English. The illustrations have been placed by the binder in appropriate places.The forty year period following the Restoration of Charles II to his throne in 1660 has been known as the GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH BOOKBINDING. This is an excellent example of bookbinding from that period, with contemporary (dated) fore-edge decoration, on an attractive English Bible having more than two hundred engraved illustrations.